Mondo will release a number of posters for the highly-anticipated Man of Steel this week. The info for each is listed below. Ken’s posters go up for sale tomorrow (Thursday, June 13th) at a random time, Martin’s metal poster goes up Friday, June 14th at a random time, and the timed edition starts Friday, June 14th at 12:01 am Central Time (and it stays open for 72 hours). Visit Mondotees.com. Click the images to see them larger.

No witness. the closest thing you got was the clouds… but its not like horkey was the first to draw cumulonimbus clouds especially in that style.
Whatever you do don’t look up Franklin Booth. Your poor heart might not be able to take it…

Worm’s eye view? Never look at Howard Pyle, or any of this students (Wyeth, Schoonover) or Frazetta who took that from Pyle’s compositional teachings.
Spot color on a monochromatic color scheme? Done by nearly every screen printer ever at least once (textile or flat stock).

Come on man. Read up on some Illustration History. You’d be surprised how many illustrators Horkey is “ripping off”. How dare he go for an old school scratchboard/engraved look on his work all done in a modern context. How terrible… sigh….

Observing similarities or potential influences in another artist’s work is a neat skill Shalem, congrats! However, I’m not sure what you hope to gain by pointing it out. Were you you hoping this community would wholeheartedly agree with you, and demand an explanation from Ken? Or were you just trying to stroke your underfed art school ego? Either way, I think I speak for most people by saying… you should keep it to yourself.

If you think Santora’s work looks anything like Horkey’s, you haven’t seen either one up close, there are no stylistic similarities. The only similarities are in the inclusion of American rural imagery, which given that they are Americans working in this medium for these clients makes all the sense in the world.

Also, there is *nothing* inherently wrong with an artist adopting stylistic inspiration from another artist, especially when they both strive for a hightened realism.

I see Horkey paying homage at times to past masters such as Rick Griffin in his work, but so what? The common thread amoungst these artists is a higher level of attention to detail coupled with an emphasis on quality versus quantity. Other current practicioners of the craft should take heed & follow suit.

I’ve always thought that Ken and Aaron had similar styles. A lot of it has to do with the incredible level of detail that they’re able to produce. They also employ a similar calligraphy style at times.
Given the popularity of Aaron’s work, I think Ken Taylor would be smart to follow suite, if he’s able to do so.
I really like Ken’s poster 🙂